In EU-28, 1.7%. Higher rates in the Baltic countries

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - Eurozone inflation in August rose to 1.5%
from 1.3% in July. A year ago it was 0.2%, Eurostat reported..

In EU-28, inflation rose to 1.7%, from 1.5% in July, and 0.3% in
August 2016.

The lowest rates were recorded in Ireland (0.4%), Cyprus (0.5%)
Greece and Romania (0.6%). The highest rates were recorded in
Lithuania (4.6%), Estonia (4.2%) and Latvia (3.2%). The biggest
increases - in the eurozone - were recorded in transport fuels
(up 0.16%), hotel services (up 0.10%) and air transport (up
0.06%), whereas a downturn was recorded in telecommunications
(down 0, 12%), legumes (down 0.05%) and social protection (down
0.04%). (ANSA).